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Course CMS: Comparative Media Studies
Subject Number (Undergraduate) Subject Number (Graduate) Subject Name HASS, CI-H/M CMS.100 Introduction to Media Studies HASS-H, CI-H CMS.300 CMS.841 Game Studies HASS-H CMS.301 Game Design Methods HASS-A CMS.306 CMS.806 Making Comics & Sequential Art HASS-A CMS.307 CMS.807 Critical Worldbuilding HASS-A CMS.308 CMS.808 The Visual Story: Graphic Novel, Type to Tablet HASS-E CMS.309/ 21W.763 CMS.809 Transmedia Storytelling: Modern Sci-Fi HASS-A CMS.311/21F.055 Media in Weimar and Nazi Germany HASS-H CMS.313 CMS.813 Silent Film HASS-H CMS.314/ 21W.753 CMS.814 Phantasmal Media: Theory and Practice HASS-A CMS.333/ ES.333 Production of Educational Videos: Skills for Communicating Academic and Professional Content HASS-E CMS.334/ 21W.788 South Asian America: Transnational Media, Culture, and History HASS-H CMS.335/21W.790 21W.890 Short Attention Span Documentary HASS-A CMS.336/ 21W.786 CMS.836 Social Justice and the Documentary Film HASS-A CMS.337/WGS.137 Intersectionality, Neurodiversity, and Disability HASS-S CMS.338 CMS.838 Innovation in Documentary: Technologies and Techniques HASS-A CMS.339 CMS.839 Virtual Reality and Immersive Media Production HASS-A CMS.340 CMS.865 Immersive Media Studies CMS.351/21G.067 21G.567 Digital Media in Japan & Korea HASS-H CMS.354/21G.065 21G.593 Intro to Japanese Literature & Cinema CI-H CMS.360 CMS.860 Intro to Civic Media HASS-H CMS.361 CMS.861 Networked Social Movements: Media and Mobilization HASS-S CMS.362 CMS.862 Civic Media Collaborative Design Studio HASS-S CMS.376 CMS.876 History of Media and Technology HASS-H, CI-H CMS.400 Media Systems and Texts HASS-H, CI-M CMS.405 Visual Design HASS-H, CI-M CMS.406/21A.505/STS.065 The Anthropology of Sound HASS-S CMS.524/STS.024 Thinking on Your Feet: Dance as a Learning Science HASS-A CMS.586/11.124 Introduction to Education: Looking Forward and Looking Back on Education HASS-S CMS.587/11.125 Introduction to Education: Understanding and Evaluating Education HASS-S CMS.590/11.127 11.252J / CMS.863J Design and Development of Games for Learning HASS-H CMS.591/11.129 Educational Theory and Practice I HASS-S CMS.592/11.130 Educational Theory and Practice II CMS.593/11.131 Educational Theory and Practice III HASS-S CMS.594 CMS.894 Education Technology Studio HASS-S CMS.595 CMS.895 Learning, Media, and Technology HASS-S CMS.603 CMS.995 Independent Study CMS.605 CMS.606 Media Internship HASS-A CMS.609J /21W.764J CMS.846 The Word Made Digital HASS-A CMS.611/6.073 Creating Videogames HASS-A CMS.614/ 21W.791 CMS.867 Critical Internet Studies HASS-H CMS.615 CMS.815 Games for Social Change HASS-H CMS.616/21W.768 CMS.868 Games and Culture HASS-A CMS.618/21W.765 CMS.845 Interactive Narrative HASS-A CMS.619/ WGS.111 Gender and Media Studies HASS-H CMS.627 CMS.827 Imagination, Computation and Expression Studio HASS-A CMS.628 CMS.828 Advanced Identity Representation HASS-A CMS.631 CMS.831 Data Storytelling Studio HASS-A CMS.633 CMS.833 Digital Humanities: Topics, Techniques, and Technologies HASS-H CMS.636 CMS.855 Extending the Museum HASS-H CMS.701 CMS.901 Current Debates in Media HASS-H, CI-M CMS.702 CMS.802 Qualitative Research Methods CMS.844 Exploratory Programming for the Arts and Humanities CMS.848 Apocalyptic Storytelling CMS.S60 CMS.S96 Special Subject: CMS CMS.S61 CMS.S97 Special Subject: CMS CMS.S62 CMS.S98 Special Subject: CMS CMS.S63 CMS.S99 Special Subject: CMS CMS.THT Comparative Media Studies Pre-Thesis Tutorial CMS.THU Undergraduate Thesis in Comparative Media Studies CMS.URG / CMS.UR Research in Comparative Media Studies (UROP)
Pre-approved Electives in Other Departments
This is a sampling of classes that CMS majors have used to fulfill the elective requirement in the past; this list is not exhaustive. With permission from their CMS Major advisor, students may substitute relevant classes from other departments not found on this list, relevant cross-registered classes from Wellesley, Harvard, or MassArt, or pre-approved classes from study abroad.
Course 4 – Architecture
Course 21A – Anthropology
Course 21G – Global Studies and Languages
Course 21H – History
Course 21L – Literature
Course 21M – Music and Theater Arts
Course 21W – Writing
Course STS – Science, Technology, and Society
